Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic said Monday he hopes the support of Argentina legend Diego Maradona can inspire him to victory at the ATP World Tour Finals.

Maradona is a big tennis fan and was cheering on Djokovic from courtside at London’s O2 Arena on Monday as the Serbian third seed started his bid to win the prestigious end-of-year event with a 6-3 6-3 victory over the Czech Republic’s Tomas Berdych.

Djokovic revealed Maradona will be backing him at the tournament him all week after the pair finally met in London following a long-distance exchange of gifts over the past three years.

He sent the former Barcelona and Napoli forward a racket and shirt to show his admiration and was delighted when Maradona responded with a gift of a signed shirt.

The world No. 3 was not even born when Maradona cemented his reputation as the best player of his generation — and one of the greatest of all-time — by leading Argentina to victory at the 1986 World Cup.

But Djokovic is still a huge fan of Maradona after watching footage of his brilliant solo goal against England in the 1986 tournament and his infamous “Hand of God” goal in the same match.

“One of the Argentinian journalists told me he likes watching me play so I sent him a shirt and racket,” Djokovic said.

“He got me a jersey in return with a signature. It’s at home in a very special place. That’s kind of the connection that we had in the past couple years. But this is the first time we met in person.

“He’s going to stay throughout the whole tournament. Hopefully he can be my lucky charm.”

Although Maradona speaks little English, Djokovic was able to talk to him in Italian and has arranged for the 50-year-old to join him for a light-hearted training session later this week.

“We spoke about eventually him coming to practice and playing a little bit of tennis and football. So hopefully he’s going to come to show me some skills,” Djokovic said.

Djokovic admitted he was briefly gripped by nerves when he saw Maradona take his seat early in the first set, but he responded with an impressive display that had the Argentine leaping off his seat to salute some fine winners.